Dear Toni: I am fighting liver cancer and participating in a clinical trial for a cancer medication — it costs over $12,000 per month, but I pay $0.
Life
There’s an overwhelming amount of health advice on the internet, and it can be hard to tell what’s credible.
“I’m all about doing what I feel passionate about in life,” the 40-year-old actor says. “Ask yourself: What gets the adrenaline turned up?”
Researchers are looking for people in the Las Vegas Valley with loved ones who have the disease also known as juvenile diabetes.
The tranquilizer xylazine has been detected in the local illicit drug supply, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
Walgreens flu index uses prescriptions for antiviral medications such as Tamiflu, which are used to treat influenza, to track the spread of the virus around the nation.
The change would be “disastrous” for Southern Nevada, dramatically lengthening wait times for patients, said Dr. John Ham, medical director at UMC’s Center for Transplantation.
A bad flu season in Australia has some medical experts preparing for the worst in the U.S. and in Nevada, which has a lower than average vaccination rate.
There are nearly 400,000 people in Nevada without health insurance, despite an increase in the number of people with insurance under the federal Affordable Care Act.
Suicide ends lives, but it also creates new beginnings for those who attempt to kill themselves but live, and those who must find the will to go on without lost loved ones.
Nonprofit says it found “process gaps” in its documentation of donated organs in April and alerted the association that accredits the nation’s eye banks, leading to the action.
Elko and Lyon counties will use the money to buy video-interactive equipment that will help with treatment for opioid abuse, Sen. Jacky Rosen’s office says.
Data from the state show that residents of rural Nevada take their lives at a rate 43 percent higher than in Clark County and 56 percent higher than in Washoe County.
Difficulties determining the intent of the deceased, a lack of trained medical examiners and possibly the stigma surrounding death at one’s own hand likely reduce the number of reported suicides.
Quick quiz: What’s one of the safest beverages you can drink in Southern Nevada? If your answer is “tap water,” you’re right! Southern Nevada’s municipal water supply meets or surpasses all State of Nevada and Federal Safe Drinking Water Act standards. In fact, the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) tests your water 300,000 times a […]
Researchers are looking for people in the Las Vegas Valley with loved ones who have the disease also known as juvenile diabetes.
The tranquilizer xylazine has been detected in the local illicit drug supply, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
Harry Reid International Airport said its parking was in “high demand” this weekend, and expected Terminal 1 long term and economy parking to be at capacity.
Park rangers and officials from Lake Mead, Death Valley, Grand Canyon and other national parks held a roundtable about keeping summer vacations fun and safe.